Wednesday, April 29, 2020

How did the railroad companies acquire the rights of way?

From: "Thomas Walsh" walsh405@sbcglobal.net

How did the railroad companies acquire the rights of way for their trackage? Eminent Domain? Government program? Did they survey and record their rights of way?

—Tom Walsh

2 Comments:

Anonymous Anonymous said...

The Central Pacific and Union Pacific Railroad companies (first transcontinental railroad) acquired their rights of way and half of the adjacent parcels of land (the government retained the other half of the alternate parcels) by Act of Congress in 1862, signed by President Lincoln (See sections #2 and #3 of the Pacific Railroad Act),

4/29/2020 1:30 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

From: "Tom Walsh" walsh405@sbcglobal.net

Thank you!!! I’m working on a project that suggests (as its major premise) that railroads and their ROWs predate many (if not most) municipalities.

—Tom Walsh

4/29/2020 1:34 PM  

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